The win was Boston's tenth in their last eleven games and pushed their lead to 5.5 games over New York in the American League East.

The Red Sox managed just four hits but three of them drove in runs - a run-scoring single by Jackie Bradley Jr. in the fifth, and the late-inning antics of Devers (pictured) and Benintendi.

Chris Sale started for the Red Sox and went seven innings in the no-decision outing. He scattered four hits and walked two while striking out twelve. He allowed a run in the bottom of the fifth inning that tied the game at one.